Chapter 1
“Mr. Moon, the boss wants to talk to you,” says someone in the hall. Remus is in a crappy house that looks like it can collapse any second. This is where he lives, sadly enough. Remus looks up from the rotten piece of the wall he was staring at and nods. He walks into the slightly better looking room and sits down. In front of him is a man with a long white beard and piercing eyes staring him down.
“I have a task for you,” the boss, Dumbledore, says after a while. Remus is instantly happy, he wants to get out of this fucking wreck of a house. He never even chose to be here in the first place. His mother just dropped him on the street when he was a baby, and these guys took him with them. One of those guys said that he heard that Remus’s father killed himself and that’s the reason his mother gave him away, because she couldn’t take care of him herself. The boy that told Remus that is his only friend, Grant is his name. It’s not Remus’s fault all the other boys are insufferable. Grant isn’t insufferable, sure, he can be a bit of a dick sometimes, but he is still way much better than the others.
“Tell me more,” Remus says.
“You have to kill the heir of the royal family, Sirius Black.”
“And how am I supposed to do that exactly?”
“You are gonna murder a knight, steal their identity, and then get really close with Mr. Black. Just close enough that he picks you as his personal knight, but not so close that he gets suspicious. He is gonna trust you while time passes. And at the right moment, when you and him are alone, you are gonna kill him. I do not care how you do it, Mr. Moon, but you will do it.”
“Why is it so important that he is dead? What good does it give us?”
“You are gonna kill him in a way that it looks like you were the hero in the story. If the king thinks you did everything you could to save his son, he will cherish you. He will like your company and that is where you kill him, but this time you erase all the evidence. No one will know you killed him, but everyone will think that you should be his follower because you meant so much to the Black family and their kingdom.” Dumbledore explains, “Mr. Moon, when you are the king you have power over the whole kingdom. And I am gonna give you the chance to have that power, if you listen to my orders while having that power. We can rule the world together, Mr. Moon, think about it. If we already have this much power then it’s not hard to claim more. But then we have to work as a team. Deal?”
“Deal.”
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Remus is hiding in the bushes waiting for a knight to walk past. He has to kill the guy and steal his identity, which is gonna be hard. He picked the first training day to do this because then no one really knows each other, which makes it easier to copy a person's life.
“-and you will have to learn how to work with swords, arrows and knives.” The mentor, Mcgonagall as Dumbledore mentioned, tells the young riders as she is passing by. Remus spots a knight walking far behind the group and not paying attention. That is gonna be the victim, he tells himself. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath when the person comes closer. Okay, this is his only chance, he can’t fuck up.
Remus grabs the man’s ankle and yanks him on the ground, puts his left hand on his mouth before the man can scream, and slides his throat with the knife that is in his right hand. The fear in the man’s eyes is cutting through Remus's soul. When the person stops moving and goes limp, Remus removes his hand and signs in relief. He looks around if someone saw him, but luckily that was not the case.
Remus quickly dresses himself in the man’s clothes and runs after the group of young riders.
“Hey, I’m James Potter, who are you? I didn’t see you earlier while introducing ourselves,” A man tells Remus while looking eager to meet a new person.
“Oh, I’m,” He looks very fast at his name tag, “I’m George, George McDermott. Nice to meet you James.”
“Are you nervous? For the ball and the ceremony, I mean.”
“I’m sorry, what do you mean?” Remus is panicking, he has no clue where this James is talking about.
“Mate, the ceremony that declares us as knights in training of course! And the ball, you know, where you slow dance and shit.”
Remus acts like he knew the new piece of information his whole life, “Oh, that, yes I am stressing, man!”
“Stressing? George not to steal your spotlight but I’m dying.” Remus swallows and looks away, the mention of death makes him think back of the real George, the poor man. “Plus, I’ve heard the youngest prince is the most gorgeous man on earth, so I’m gonna shoot my shot with him for sure. Tell me George, do you have someone special in your life?”
Remus realizes James is a talker, great, that is exactly what he needs mid mission. “No, I don’t have someone special in my life.”
“You all can go to your rooms now to get ready for the masked ball,” Mcgonagall says loud, gaining Remus and James their attention. “Here is the list of names who will share a room. Goodluck, I expect lots of you all.”
“Oi, McDermott, we share a room!” James yells at him. Remus can only shoot him a smile, how did he even get into this mess? “This is gonna be so much fun George, I promise you!” James puts his arm around him and they walk to their room.
“Are you sure my hair looks good?” James asks while they are getting ready for the ball and ceremony.
“Yes Potter, it looks good.”
“But good isn’t good enough. Tell me how it looks, George.”
“It’s fine.”
James grabs his shoulders and tells him dead serious, “Mate, I’m trying to make the prince fall in love with me, ‘just fine’ isn’t good enough.”
“It looks stunning, I wanna kiss you, I want to marry you, oh Lord, please James, give me one chase, give me your babies, I’m on my knees begging please-” Remus says jokingly before getting softly slapped by James.
“No need to get so dramatic.” Potter says while laughing.
“Says the guy himself.” Remus whispers under his breath, but it’s just loud enough for James to hear. He bursts out laughing a second time.
When James is finally calm he says, “Okay, but we really need to go now otherwise we are gonna be late, come on McDermott!”
As they walk downstairs to the hall they are expected James asks, “Do you any have family, George?”
“Maybe.”
“Or friends?”
“... Maybe.”
“Oh shit, sorry! I didn’t realize you had no one, I’m sorry. But do you have no one? Not a distant cousin or a friendly aunt?” James really talks more than Remus would like.
“Maybe.”
“Do you not want to answer?”
“Maybe.”
“George, you don’t have to tell me anything that you don’t want, you know that right?”
“Okay, thank you.” That makes lying about being someone else a lot easier, thank God.
“Do you have family, James?” Remus asks to break the awkward silence. He kinda feels sorry for James because he is clearly trying to become Remus’s friend, so Remus also has to put in a bit effort.
“I have a lovely mother, her name is Effie,” James tells him, “She loves cooking and playfully annoying my father. His name is Monty. He loves gardening and also playfully annoying my mother. They are an adorable couple, really. I wish I had a love like them.”
“Do you have siblings?”
“No, I’m an only child. Actually my parents planned on having no child, but then it was a hot summer night, the stars were shining beautifully and one thing led to another and they-” Remus slaps his hand on James’s mouth, “Yeah, okay I got the idea, thank you very much.”
They both laugh and walk into the big ball room.
“Is everyone here? Perfect, okay let's line up people.” Mcgonagall orders. They all do as they’re told and she continues talking, “The royal family is gonna walk in within 5 minutes, the king is going to declare you to knights in training. After that there will be a big feast. I expect all of you to be on your best behavior. You can talk to the king, queen, and the 2 princes but do not under any circumstances insult them in any way. That could ruin your whole career, or even your life. Understood?”
“Understood, Ma’am.” Everyone says at the same time, of course Remus misses the moment entirely. God, he is already messing up and nothing even started yet.
They all wait in silence for 5 minutes until the royal family walks in. When they do walk in, everyone straightens their back, but Remus is just trying to straighten his sexuality. The moment he sees the oldest prince his heart stops. Prince Sirius Black is wearing his gold crown, a chic suit with golden touches on it, and his eyes are lined over with the most elegant wing of eyeliner Remus has ever seen. Sirius looks magnificent.
“When I call your name, you step forward,” The king, Orion Black, says. “Evans, Lily?” The girl steps forward and the king lays his sword on her left shoulder, “Do you promise to do everything that it takes to protect this kingdom?”
“Yes, your majesty.”
He puts the sword on her right shoulder, “And do you promise to serve this land and take its enemies down?”
“Yes, your majesty.”
“Then you are now declared knight in training. You are dismissed, miss Evans.” She looks the happiest someone can ever be, Remus thinks.
This process repeats itself until it’s Remus's turn.
“McDermott, George.”
It stays silent.
“McDermott, George?”
It takes Remus a few second before he realizes that the king means him, “Oh fuck, yeah that’s me. Uhm- I mean, that is my name, your majesty.” The Evans girl rolls her eyes while grinning and James is holding his laugh, but Prince Sirius is laughing his ass off.
“Sirius Orion Black the Third, stop laughing right this second,” The queen orders. Sirius tries to hide his smile, but immediately fails when Remus walks up to the king. The youngest prince, Regulus, stomps him on his arm and whispers, “Shut up, Sirius.”
“Do you promise to do everything that it takes to protect this kingdom?” The king asks Remus.
“Yes.” He looks at Remus strictly. “Oh, uhm, yes your majesty.”
“Didn’t you learn in knight school how to talk to people with royal blood, mister McDermott?”
“I’m sorry.” The king razes his eyebrow. “Your majesty.” Remus says fast after realizing his mistake. He can hear Prince Sirius laugh very hard in the background.
When everyone is done with the ritual classic music starts playing and people start to talk.
Remus signs hard and looks at James, “That didn’t go very well, did it?”
“McDermott my mate, it literally couldn't have gone any worse.” He says while putting a hand on his shoulder.
“Hey, I’m Lily.” A girl says while walking up to them. It was the first girl who’s name was called, Remus remembers.
“The daughter of Isabella Evans, right?” James asks, clearly knowing the woman.
“Yes, how did you know?” She laughs a bit nervous.
“I’m James.”
“Yeah, I heard the king call your name…”
“No, I mean I’m James. I’m Jamie?” James says, like that might clear something up. And apparently for Lily it does.
“Oh my god! Jamie!” She immediately goes in for a tight hug. “I haven’t seen you in ages! How are you?”
“I’m very good! My father has found a job as a blacksmith and my mother as a baker. But more importantly, how are you here?!”
Lily starts to explain, “My father his mission has ended so we could move back into town. But moving was expensive so I had to find a job and choose this. Luckly I really like it, so that’s good.”
“I’m sorry but I’m so lost right now,” Remus says confused.
‘Oh, right sorry. I’m Lily,” Lily holds out her hand and Remus shakes it, “James and I were very good friends when we were younger, but I had to move due to my fathers job. I was very young when that happened, so I didn't remember James because I didn’t see him for like 18 years.”
“That’s a long time,” He comments.
“It really fucking is. Gosh I missed you Lily!” They hug again and Remus decides they might need privacy, so he gives him that.
He looks around the room and his eyes catch Sirius’s, who was already staring at him. Sirius walks up to Remus and he panics internally. Why does Sirius have to be so gorgeous?!
“George, right?”
That snaps Remus back to his sad reality, to his mission. He has to kill this man, this beautiful man. Fuck.
“Yes, that’s me. Wait, do I have to say majesty to you too?” Remus asks nervous.
Sirius starts laughing again, “No, pretty boy, you don’t have too.” Remus starts blushing hard. “Besides, I don’t give a fuck about those things anyways.”
Remus decides that he doesn’t have time for falling for a prince and that he needs to complete his mission. But just talking can’t hurt, right? “Why is that?”
“Because listening to orders is boring. Plus, pissing off my parents is very fun.”
“That explains a lot,” Remus says laughing.
“I found it so hilarious what you said to my father, I’m surprised he didn’t throw you off the program immediately.”
“Yeah well, being funny is one of my best personality traits,” He says sarcastically.
“Tell me something funny, George,” Sirius tells Remus in a low voice.
After thinking a bit Remus confesses, “My nickname is Mr. Moon.”
Sirius laughs at him again, “Really? Mr. Moon? You can’t be serious!”
“No, but you are.”
This is the moment Sirius absolutely loses it, he laughs so hard that he has to hold on to Remus’s arm to not fall over. “That’s the joke that I always make! You stole the prince his joke!” When Sirius is done laughing his ass off he looks at Remus, clearly thinking about something.
“What’s wrong?”
“I have a feeling that I saw you before,” Sirius says. Remus his heart stops and cold sweat slides from his skin. Remus killed people before, he wasn’t catched but there were wanted posters made of him, maybe Sirius saw those.
“I had a hope that if you saw me before that you would remember me and my beauty,” Remus says in a flirty tone, hoping with every cell in his body Sirius is dropping the subject.
“Oh, believe me I’m never gonna forget you and your first impression with my father.”
Remus groans, “Please don’t remind me.”
“You said fuck infront of the king, George. You shouldn’t be embarrassed, that was fucking iconic, mate!”
“Yeah well, I am embarrassed because he made me look like an absolute fool.”
“But see, that’s his special talent. He does that to everyone, believe me.”
Sirius stares at Remus again, “George?”
“..Yes?”
“Do you wanna run off and shag me?”
Remus blinks hard his mouth drops open, “You want me to fuck you?!” Sirius his hand flies to Remus his mouth because he said that a bit too loud.
“Not so loud, love.” Remus feels a weird fuzzy feeling going through his whole body. He gently grabs Sirius’s hand off his own mouth, “Aren’t your parents gonna find out that you left?” He whispers.
“They don’t care at all, they only care about meeting high class people here and making a good impression.”
Remus can delay his mission a bit more, can’t he? Just having sex with the person he is gonna murder soon isn’t that big of a deal.
“So are you in, pretty boy?” Sirius asks.
“Yeah. Yes, alright.”
“Come on then!” Sirius grabs his hand and they run out the ballroom. “My room is upstairs so let’s go there, alright?”
“Yeah, that’s fine.” Remus can’t even concentrate on the stairs that he runs up because the feeling of Sirius’s rings on Remus’s own hands makes him want to kiss every single one of them.
When they are at Sirius’s room, Sirius pushes Remus against the door.
“Ready for the Sirius Black charm to kick in?” Remus will never admit it, but that has already kicked in the moment he laid eyes on the gorgeous prince.
“Can’t wait, sweetheart.”
Sirius grins and kisses him softly. Their lips brush gently against each other and Remus would be lying if he said he didn’t feel like his heart was exploding. When they break apart Remus asks with a small smile on his face, “Do you do this to every knight?”
“Only the hot ones,” Sirius tells him while still grinning. Oh, that grin of his. Sirius kisses him again and Remus opens his mouth a bit more for Sirius to explore the inside of it with his tongue. “You like it, McDermott?”
“I love it. Don’t stop, keep your lovely mouth on mine please.”
“As you order, pretty boy.” They snog again, Remus rests his head against the door and Sirius cups both Remus’s hips with his hands. Sirius’s rings are cold on Remus’s body and his fingers twitch against Remus his skin. They tumble backwards into the room, Sirius gesturing the way to his bed while not breaking the kiss once. He throws Remus on his bed and crawls right on him, “Don’t be jealous of the other knights I've been with, none of them were as good as you, love.”
This should matter to Remus, he shouldn’t care. But something in him is so pleased with that piece of information. Remus yanks Sirius out of his shirt and lets his hands slide over Sirius’s chest. “You look like a god, Sirius.”
“Let’s see if I’m also a god in bed, shall we?” He says with that stupid beautiful grin of his.
They did find out if Sirius is a god in that, and Remus would say he is even better then a god. As they are still breathless laying besides each other Sirius asks, “And? God like or not?”
“I’ll give it 3 stars, it was mediocre.” Remus says jokingly.
Sirius throws a pillow at his face, “Shut up.”
“You didn’t say that 5 minutes ago.”
"George McDermott, you are a dirty little man.” Sirius says while tracing his fingers over Remus’s left hip bone.
“Says the guy who had sex with the first and best knight he saw.”
“Oi, correction, says the prince who had sex with the first and best knight he saw,” Sirius laughs.
They just lay there for a second, just breathing, just existing. Remus can hear birds chirping and distant voices of children talking and playing with each other.
Suddenly the door opens and a slightly older girl walks in, “Hey Siri, do you know where my lipstick went I can’t find-”
“Uhm Andy could that might wait until later? I’m kinda busy right now…” Sirius says.
“Oh, you are fucking a knight again? Good for you!” Andy tells Sirius, then she turns to Remus, “Oi, what’s your name?”
"... George McDermott.”
“Make sure you give him a hickey before leaving, George. That makes his parents go ballistic and the town ladies crazy, it’s so entertaining. Anyways, I’m off, bye Siri, bye McDermott, and don’t be too loud!” She shuts the door and Remus looks at Sirius confused.
“Is that uhm, normal?”
“She is my cousin, Andromeda, but I call her Andy.”
“And she wont rat us out?”
“She lets me use her makeup, she knows about the secret sex, and she knows about the fact that all those people who I have sex with are men. She will not rat us out, George.”
“Okay good cause I heard your mother loves to arrest people and I do not want to be in her way.”
“Oh, trust me you already are. If you aren’t throwing yourself at her feet at every possible opportunity you already are on her bad side. She puts everyone in her head as bad until proven wrong. Crazy woman, I tell you.”
They are silent again, but then Remus remembers something, “Did she call you Siri?”
“Yeah, I couldn’t say Andromeda when I was younger so I just said Andy, as revenge she started calling me Siri and I guess it kinda stayed.”
“Siri? Siri?” He laughs at Sirius.
“You don’t have much to say, Mr. Moon.” They both laugh, when they calm down Sirius says, “I don’t find Mr. Moon very fitting to be honest. It’s way too formal. I like Moony better.”
“Moony? That sounds so sappy.”
Sirius grins again, “But honey, I wanna be sappy about you and your big boy chest and your pretty soft curls and your oh so delicate skin-” now it is Remus who throws a pillow in Sirius’s face.
“Oi, watch out, my eyeliner is perfect!”
“Really? Lets see!” Remus licks his thumb and climbs on top of Sirius to wipe off the makeup around his pretty blue eyes.
“No George, this is a piece of art, my makeup skills belong in a museum!” Sirius says dramatically. Remus was just about to wipe it off when Sirius shifts underneath him, now his thumb ends up on Sirius’s lips. Remus can not stop staring at Sirius, their faces are so close to each other and now he can see every little detail in Sirius’s face. He can see his long lashes, his slightly red cheeks, his beautiful blue gray eyes-
“Like the view, McDermott?” Sirius says after a while.
That snaps Remus back into reality. What the fuck is he doing? He should be making a plan to kill the prince, not shagging him and falling for him! Remus rolls off him and asks, “What time is it?”
“Uhm, a bit past 11, why?”
Remus looks around for his clothes, “Fuck, sorry Sirius but I really need to get back because James is gonna ask where I am-”
“You know James?” Sirius asks enthusiastically.
“You know James?”
“He sneaked into the castle when we were younger, we played together. He promised to become a knight so he could see me more. We did speak a few times over the years but I didn’t expect him to actually become a rider, wow, I’m so proud of him!”
Remus has found his clothes and is putting them on, “Yeah, yeah, keep it in your pants Black.”
“Aw, don’t be jealous Moony, maybe I’ll become a knight for you.”
“Ah, big romantic gestures, love it.” Remus says sarcastically.
“No but for real, if you ever have time to uhm,” this is the first time that Remus has seen Sirius nervous the whole night long, “If you want you could- when I see you around we could-”
“Shag again?”
“Yeah. That.”
“Of course, I can't wait Prince Sirius.”
“Urg, don’t call me that, way too many people do that already.”
“Okay. I’ll see you around, Prince charming,” Remus winks at him and walks out the room. He stops around the corner and closes his eyes.